 Mendez was the deputy chair of the foreign language, technology coordinator, and ASPIRA founder at Stuyvesant High School before opening EBT with the help of Yvette Wharton and Hipolito Fernandez; the latter two currently function as assistant principals at EBT.Generally a student will attend EBT for four years or eight semesters (or terms).Some graduates anywhere from three years to four and a half years.